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No. 532,554. Patented Jan. 15, 1895.

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MILTON S. HERSHEY, OFLANOASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING CANDY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,554, dated January15, 1895.

Application filed May 3, 1893- Serial No. 472,836- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON S. HERSHEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain Irnprovements in Machines forCutting Candy, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices used forcutting candy, caramels and similar products; and the object of theinvention is to sub-divide sheets of the product into parts suitable foruse.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts, as hereinafter fully described, and then specificallypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure l is a top plan'view of the cutter. Fig. 2 is atransverse view onthe line w-w, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a longitudinal vertical section of thecutter on line yy of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 a side elevation of the same.

Similar letters indicate like out the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates a stationary tablehaving a trans verse slot or opening a; and B, the frame supporting saidtable. The table may be inclined from the feed to the delivery endthereof or it may be level. No stress is laid upon the inclination ofthe upper surface of the table with reference to a horizontal plane.

D represents upright posts having vertical slots d therein. In the lowerportion of posts D and above the slot or opening in table A there isjournaled a blade-shaft E, having parts throughrigidly affixed thereonannular cutting blades 6, spaced to cut any matter passing between theminto desirable strips or parts. Immediately below said opening a thereis also journaled in the posts D a plain roller F. On one end ofblade-shaft E there is keyed a pulley wheel 6', and on the opposite endof said blade-shaf t E there is a cog-gear g, meshing with a similarcog-gearfon the roller F. These rollers E and F, being thus geared theirmeeting surfaces revolve in the same direction. By this. constructionanything caught between them is forced or drawn through the interveningspace. When the sheets of cargdy or caramels G are to be forced betweensaid blade shaft E and roller F, they are placed upon a flexible plateor pad of felt, rubber, blotting paper or any sheet of material, H, thatwould answer the same purpose, a'nd, the end of said plate or pad beinginserted between said blade-shaft E and roller F, is drawn beneath theblades 6 and the sheets of candy or caramels carried thereby properlycut.

The frictional contact of blades 6 with the pad is the result ofthorough, clean, and contin uous cuts in the sheets of material carriedby said pad, as there can be no motion thereof other than thatcommunicated to it jointly by the blades and roller, which are actuatedpositively by the same gear and as the nature of the pad permits theblades to bite into the same and insure the cutting of the material bythe movement of said pad.

On the delivery side of blade-shaft E there is located a clearing bar I,which is connected with posts D, and has prongs 71 thereon extendinginward between blades 6. This bar prevents any of the divisions of thematerial into which the sheets G of the same may be out from beingcarried around blade-shaft E.

Posts D are connected by horizontal bracerods (1, and on the topsthereof are secured outwardly curved standards M, in which are journaledthe ends of shaft m. Inside of said standards, rods N'pass down throughthe top plates of posts D and have their lower screwends engagingsimilarly threaded openings in the tops of vertically adjustablebearingboxes R, in which the ends of blade-shaft E are journaled.Beveled pinions r are keyed to the upper ends of screw-rods N and meshwith bevel spur-wheels n on shaft m, on an extended end of which is ahand-wheel m, whereby the elevation of blade-shaft E is adjusted topermit the passage beneath blade '6 of padsof various thicknesses and totake up the wear of said blades.

By my construction the successful application of the device throughwhich is applied the frictional force required to move the pad andreducing the amount of machinery necessary for the purpose, as well asmaking a corresponding reduction in the friction to be overcome and thecost of the more numerous parts otherwise necessary.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction herein shown anddescribed, as it is obvious that many changes may be made thereinwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a slotted table, of a shaft having blades andjournaled above said slot, a roller journaled below the slot, said shaftand roller being so geared that their adjacent parts move in the samedirection, and a plate or pad adapted to be drawn between said bladesand the roller by the frictional action thereof, for thepurposespecified.

2. The combination, with a slotted table, of a shaft having blades andjournaled above said slot, a roller journaled below the slot, said shaftand roller being so geared that their adjacent parts move in the samedirection, and a flexible plate or pad adapted to be drawn between saidblades and the roller by the frictional action thereof, for the purposespecified.

3. The combination, with a slotted table, of a vertically adjustableshaft having blades and journaled above the slot, a roller journaledbelow the slot, said shaft and roller being so geared that theiradjacent parts move in the same direction, and a flexible plate or padadapted to be drawn between the blades and the roller by the frictionalaction thereof, 35

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MILTON S. HERSHEY. Witnesses:

JOHN W. APPEL, WM. R. GERHART.

